Chapter 43: About Revering the People of Knowledge and the Virtuous People

Translation: Allah said:

Translation: " Is one who is obedient to Allah, prostrating himself or standing (in prayer) during the hours of the night, fearing the Hereafter, and hoping for the Mercy of his Lord (like one who disbelieves)? Say: " Are those who know equal to those who know not? " It is only men of understanding who will remember (i.e. get a lesson from Allah's Signs and Verses). ووی (39: 9)

Translation: 189. Abu-Mas'oud: ' The Messenger of Allah said: " A man should not be led in the prayer in his home except by his leave and it is not permissible for one to sit in his favorite seat in his house, except by his leave. " (At-Termizi)

Translation: 190. Narrated Rafe'e ibn Khadeej " ' Abdullah ibn Sahl ibn Sa'ad and Mohayyisha ibn Mas'oud ibn Zayd went out until they reached Khaybar and then they parted. Afterwards Mohayyisha learned that Abdullah ibn Sahl had been killed. He buried him and came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with Howayyisa ibn Mas'oud and Abdul-Rahman ibn Sahl. Abdul-Rahman was the youngest among them, and when he started to speak before his two companions, the Messenger of Allah said to him: " Let the older one speak, " and so he kept silent. The two companions and Abdul-Rahman informed the Prophet ﷺ about the incident. The Prophet ﷺ said to them:

Translation: " Would you take fifty oaths that you would be entitled to have your fellow or the murderer?? " (At-Termizi)

Translation: 191. Narrated Abdullah ibn Omar: ' The Messenger of Allah said: " Really, there is a tree whose leaves do not fall. It is an example of the believer. So, guess which one it is? " " " Ibn Omar said: " The people started thinking of the various kinds of the trees and I guessed it to be the date palm. The Prophet then said: " It is the date palm8. " Abdullah ibn 7 This is known as Al-Qasama. It occurs when homicide is committed, the felon is unknown, and the guardians of the murdered one have doubts, based on solid grounds, about some people. Fifty of the doubted people have to take oath that they did not kill the murdered person or do not know the killer. Its condition is that the one taking the oath should be a free person [ i.e. not a slave]. Imam Malek said: " Women can take an oath in the case of manslaughter, but not for premeditated murder. " Its ruling is the giving of blood money after swearing. The similarity between a date palm and a believer related to the leaves not falling is that a believer's prayers are always granted and are not rejected, as the leaves of the date palm never fall. The narrative compiled by Imam Muslim has the words: " Really, there are some trees whose blessedness is like the blessedness of the

Translation: Omar said: ' I felt shy to answer. ' He further said: ' I talked to Omar (his father) about this and he said: " If you had so answered, it would have been better for me than having such and such. " (At-Termizi)

Translation: 192. Narrated Anas ibn Malek: ' The Messenger of Allah said: " There is no young man that dignifies an old one due to his old age except that Allah would assign for him one to serve him in his old age. " (At-Termizi)

Translation: Muslim. " The blessedness of the date palm is not unknown. From the first day when it starts growing until it [ dies and] dries up, man makes use of it, even the stones of their fruit are used as fodder for animals. In the same way, a Muslim's blessedness is constant and he benefits all around him, even after his death. This Hadith shows that a teacher is entitled to examine the students ' knowledge through questioning and clarifying the answers to his questions when they do not know the right answer. However, it should be obvious that posing puzzling question is not permissible, especially those that may embarrass the students or scholars.